Wiley-Blackwell Launches Review Journals

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Wiley-Blackwell Launches Review Journals in Social Sciences and 
Humanities

Cutting-edge functionality added to Compass journals

Oxford, UK, July 11, 2007 --Wiley-Blackwell, which is part of 
global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today launched 
Sociology Compass and Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 
online-only review journals in 2008.

To ensure that SHH researchers are conducting their research and 
supporting their teaching with as much sophistication as those in 
science, technology and medicine, Wiley-Blackwell has introduced 
new technology-driven tools such as teaching and learning guides, 
podcast series, and blogs designed specifically for researchers, 
students, and teaching faculty in the social sciences and 
humanities

'Compass journals are introducing review journals to the 
humanities and combining the traditional-article based format 
with new technology offerings,' says Philip Carpenter, Managing 
Director, Social Sciences and Humanities, Wiley-Blackwell.

Each online-only Compass journal publishes 100 authoritative, 
peer-reviewed survey articles, which survey current trends and 
thinking across disciplines each year.  The articles are succinct 
and accessible and provide overviews of current research in the 
field as well as new thinking on key issues.  The Editorial Board 
for each Compass journal is comprised of international experts 
and the fast publication ensures that the archive of articles is 
ever growing.

There are six Compass journals already available, including 
History, Literature and Philosophy, which are available for 
licensing by academic libraries, and Religion, Geography and 
Language and Linguistics, which are new this year and on free 
trial until September 30, 2007.   For more information, visit 
www.blackwell-compass.com<http://www.blackwell-compass.com/>.

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